"Trump Narrows Scope Of Safety Reviews For Some Chemicals"
"The Trump administration is proposing to narrow the scope of safety reviews of chemicals that are already out on the market, it said Monday."
Source: The Hill, 09/24/2025
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As UN Climate Talks Loom In Brazil, Many Fear They Can’t Afford To Attend
"Pooja Tilvawala knows it’s a gamble to use more than $46,000 of her own savings to help young people get to the United Nations climate summit in Brazil. But she thinks it’s a necessary one."
Source: AP, 09/24/2025"Satellites Are Mapping The Biggest CO2 Polluters In The World"
"Scores of instruments are peering down through Earth’s atmosphere, finding pollution all across the globe every day."
Source: Yale Climate Connections, 09/24/2025"‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Cases Are Increasing In The US"
"Infection rates from drug-resistant “nightmare bacteria” rose almost 70% between 2019 and 2023, according to a new report from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists."
Source: AP, 09/24/2025When Will Fall Foliage Peak Near You? Leaf-Peeping Predictions Map
"It's officially fall in the Northern Hemisphere, which means bright, beautiful foliage isn't far behind."
Source: NPR, 09/24/2025"UN Chief Warns 1.5C Warming Goal At Risk Of 'Collapsing'"
"UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP Friday that efforts to cap climate warming at 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial level are failing, as the UN prepared to host a climate week event alongside its annual diplomatic gathering."
Source: AFP, 09/23/2025"Judge Says Work on Wind Farm Off Rhode Island Can Proceed, for Now"
"A federal judge ruled on Monday that the Danish energy company Orsted could restart work on Revolution Wind, a large wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that is nearly complete but had been abruptly halted last month by the Trump administration."
Source: NYTimes, 09/23/2025Hurricane Gabrielle Swirls SE of Bermuda as Storm Narda Forms Off Mexico
"Hurricane Gabrielle formed Sunday in the open Atlantic southeast of Bermuda, while Tropical Storm Narda emerged well off southern Mexico’s Pacific coast."
Source: AP, 09/23/2025Trump Links Autism To Acetaminophen, Despite Decades Of Evidence It’s Safe
"President Donald Trump announced Monday that the US Food and Drug Administration will be notifying physicians that the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy “can be associated with a very increased risk of autism,” despite decades of evidence that it’s safe."
Source: CNN, 09/23/2025Senate Dems Blame Trump Assault on Clean Energy for High Electricity Prices
"With U.S. households paying 10 percent more per kilowatt hour for electricity than they did at the start of this year, Senate Democrats sought Monday to tie the increasing pain for consumers to the Trump administration’s relentless rollback of clean energy policy."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/23/2025"Defense Department Delays Cleanup of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Nationwide"
"The Department of Defense has quietly delayed its cleanup of harmful “forever chemicals” at nearly 140 military installations across the country, according to a list of sites analyzed by The New York Times." "The new timeline could slow cleanup in some communities by nearly a decade. The chemicals, widely used in the military, are linked to cancers and other health risks."
Source: NYTimes, 09/23/2025"Trump Ends Annual Report On U.S. Hunger Amid Rising Food Insecurity"
"The Trump administration is ending a decades-long effort to track food security at a time when many Americans are struggling to get proper nutrition or enough to eat."
Source: Washington Post, 09/23/2025Chinese Mining Firm Downplays Toxic Spill as Residents Reel From Impacts
"A Chinese mining company is denying that its toxic waste spill, one of this year’s worst environmental disasters, had a “significant impact” on the environment or local communities."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/23/2025Pennsylvania’s Gov. Threatens to Pull State Out of the Region’s Power Grid
"Ninety-eight years ago, the nation’s largest power grid operator was founded here by utilities serving Pennsylvania and New Jersey. On Monday, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro threatened to pull his state out of the coalition."
Source: Inside Climate News, 09/23/2025"The People Behind America’s Disaster Recovery"
"When a disaster strikes, be it a hurricane, flood, wildfire, or other type of extreme weather, an army of workers assemble. They arrive in waves to ravaged areas ready to respond." "From cleanup crews to powerline techs, these are the workers called in after catastrophe."
Source: Grist, 09/23/2025
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